First demonstrated in 2010, Aurasma’s software has been
available as an IOS and Android app since the summer of 2011, and has been used in organisations as
diverse as BBC Worldwide, KFC, Maybelline and Tesco.

According to an internal memo seen by MicroScope, Autonomy boss Robert Youngjohns said that
“While a number of roles will remain largely unaffected by this, other roles within Aurasma will no
longer be required going forward and some work force reduction is likely.”

He added: “We will be working with affected employees to redeploy as many as possible into other
job opportunities across our business where skill sets and interests align with our business
priorities.”

The internal email went on to say that at the same time, HP would hire around 50 engineers in
R&D roles at Autonomy.

HP accused Autonomy’s management, including founder Mike Lynch, of “serious accounting
improprieties” and “misrepresentations” and took its case to the Serious Fraud Office. Lynch, in
turn, suggested
that HP was over-stating its case to distract attention from its ongoing profitability
problems.

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